Saturday 2 May 2020

Blue Tit Recovery

Obviously, because of the ongoing Coronavirus lockdown, I haven't been able to go to Linacre ringing since the start of the year. I was very pleased, therefore, to receive an email from David at Sorby Breck Ringing Group, with details of a Blue Tit that we'd ringed at Linacre on 16th July 2016 (see here).

The bird was aged as a 3J i.e. it was born in 2016, and was found dead (taken by a cat) on 28th April 2020, 1382 days after ringing, a whopping 8km away in Wingerworth, Chesterfield. This is quite a decent age for a Blue Tit , and also a pretty good movement.

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